CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-3080

7.2 HIGH Published 2009-11-20 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-11-20
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-129

Description

Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via a negative event index in an IOCTL request.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.31.6) • linux linux kernel 2.6.32 • opensuse opensuse 11.1 • opensuse opensuse 11.2 • suse linux enterprise desktop 10 • suse linux enterprise server 10 • debian debian linux 4.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10 • vmware esx 3.5 • redhat virtualization 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux eus 5.4 • redhat enterprise linux server 5.0 • redhat enterprise linux server workstation 5.0 • redhat fedora 10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-839 Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check weakness

References